Inspire, Inform and Instigate

For 2014 my Three Words are: Inspire, Inform and Instigate. Here is how I like to think about them: Inspire There are countless ways to be inspired and to inspire others. I’m inspired every day. It can be something as simple as a kid offering to return a grocery cart. It can be a TV commercial. Or it can be something more elaborate. For 2014 I want to continue to inspire people. I have been doing something I call Pay It Forward Friday’s (#PIFF) going on for 5 years now across Social Media channels. Several of people have said… EVERY DAY should be a Pay It Forward Day. To which I say… I agree, but people need to start somewhere. My goal in 2014 is to inspire people to do great things and reach for big goals. Inform Maybe this is just a personal thing, but I spend a lot of time thinking about what I post – I think, I read, I write and I re-write. Sometimes I just scrap the whole idea and premise. Perhaps this is my engineering training or my tendency to seek perfection or maybe this is just a character flaw, but I try to make sure what I put out there informs. Note: I said seek… not necessarily attain perfection. My goal in 2014 is to continue seeking and creating content that informs. Instigate To instigate is to bring about or initiate action. As part of my other two words to inspire and inform, I often include a call to action. Hint: there is a call to action below. I want people to take action. To do something. To do anything. One of my inspiritors is Srinivas Rao as he is the master of getting people fired up, including himself. My goal in 2014 is to take a more proactive approach to instigating.